Mapping The Developer Universe: Cloud PaaS & IaaS platforms and tools
The Map of the Developer Universe charts developer usage of and satisfaction with leading platforms and tools. This is not just an...
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Chatbots: From hype to “figuring it out”
Chatbots and conversational UI are among the most hyped technologies of 2016. Chatbots are computer programs that can maintain automated...
Getting users to pay for things remains the biggest challenge for the app developer
More than half of mobile developers are living in “app poverty”: making less than $500 a month from their apps. We’ve produced an...
Whatever happened to Operator Billing?
In 2003 Europe’s mobile operators launched Simpay, promising to let us buy flowers and concert tickets across Europe, with the price...
Android First is the New Normal
The mobile platform landscape was fairly stable for more than two years. Having both won the platform wars, Android and iOS seemed quite...
Why are mobile developers so obsessed with advertising?
Advertising is used as a revenue stream by 38% of mobile app developers, far higher than any other source, but the majority of developers...
What gets desktop developers out of bed in the morning?
Despite all the hype around the death of the PC and the enormous amount of media attention focused on mobile, cloud and IoT, the humble...
A proven model for targeting IoT developers
Not all developers are the same, and their needs vary wildly, so any attempt to effectively address them all with a single messaging and...
1000 skills: Amazon Alexa as a metaphor for the IoT developer community
But today, I want to talk not so much about Alexa’s merits as such, but use it as a metaphor for the IoT developer community. IoT...
Google’s Instant Apps is the power grab that ActiveX couldn’t make
At this year’s Google I/O conference the search giant announced Instant Apps – Android applications dynamically downloaded, installed,...
Developer Personas as a Revenue Growth Tool
Nike, Adidas and Under Armour have digitally opened up their fitness and athletics products. McCormick Foods and Campbells Soup have...
If there were 100 Developers in the world
[UPDATE: The survey is now closed -Enjoy the infographic] Have you ever asked yourselves what would the world be like if there were only...
